2224) Coin Of The Year (COTY - 2022): i) "The Gold of the Pharoahs 100 Euro Gold Coin from the Austrian Mint, Vienna is the COTY-2022 Winner ii) Other Category Winners:
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The "Coin of the Year Program" (COTY) in 2022, is now in its 39th year.
It is an internationally conducted competition presented by "World Coin News" to recognize outstanding coin design and innovation worldwide.
The 2022 COTY program was sponsored by "The Journal of East Asian Numismatics". The Competition honors coins dated 2020 in 10 categories of competition as decided by an international panel of judges.
More than 1,000 Coins from around 50 coin issuing entities around the world are considered by the Panel, which selects a total of 100 nominees from the various countries/entities - i.e. 10 coins in each of the 10 Award categories.
A ballot sheet of these 100 nominees is sent to an international panel of judges, who vote for their picks and one coin is declared the winner in each category. Once the 10 winners are selected, the judges consider the 10 finalists for the ultimate Coin Of The Year Award (COTY-2022).
Several coins from out of the nominees/winners already figure in posts written previously on this Blog.
The winning coin (COTY 2022) is a gold 100-euro marking “The Gold of the Pharaohs,” the second coin of the Austrian Mint’s “The Magic of Gold” series that traces the mysterious nature of gold in ancient cultures.
The "Gold of the Pharaohs 100 Euro" also won the Best Gold Coin category in the 2022 Coin of the Year awards in the first round of the competition, taking roughly 50 percent more of the votes than its closest competitor.
This is the second coin in the Austrian Mint’s "The Magic of Gold" Coin series and it is as attractive as the first, while carrying the additional perk of being topically superior. It’s hard to beat The Death Mask of Tutankhamun.
The "Gold of the Pharaohs" coin obverse features a collage of Ancient Egyptian images, with Tutankhamun’s father Akhenaten in its center. The elder Pharaoh is on his knees with hands raised in homage to the sun god, Aten, as the lance-shaped rays of the solar disk descend towards him. In the background is a sarcophagus containing a Pharaoh, under which the hieroglyphic for gold can be seen. The reverse design displays the death mask of Tutankhamun.
In a sense, Austria was competing against itself since two additional coins broke into the top 10. The ever-popular 25-Euro Silver-Niobium Coin, this time commemorating “Big Data,” took Best Bi-Metallic Coin, and a curved silver 20-euro honouring the Centenary of the Salzburg Festival was named Most Artistic Coin.
The top two Mints who have registered the maximum wins in different categories over the years:
With 51 total Coin of the Year category and overall winners, the Austrian Mint currently holds the most COTY awards in the 39-year history of this prestigious competition. The United States Mint, last year's COTY Champion, follows closely with 50 total COTY trophies.
Overall, Austria has claimed 10 awards in Best Gold, six for Best Bi-Metallic, six in the Most Artistic category, five winners for Most Historically Significant, one for Best Circulating, two for Best Contemporary Event, five for Best Crown, six in the Best Silver category, two for Most Innovative, three for the now-retired Most Popular category, one win in the former Best Trade Coin category, and four COTY Championship wins.
The COTY - 2022 Award Winners in the 10 different categories:
1) Most Historically Significant Coin:
United States Mint: 1 Dollar, Silver, Women's Suffrage:
Women's Suffrage emerged as a coin theme with worldwide recognition in COTY 2022, and was voted the Best Coin in this category.
2) Best Contemporary Event Coin:
Monnaie de Paris, 10 Euro, Silver, Peace & Victory:
The winner represents in classic form the culmination of a world-wide, life-changing event that continues to ripple through the world still today.
3) Best Gold Coin: Austrian Mint, 100 Euro, Gold, THe Gold of the Pharaohs:
The Austrian Mint continues to dominate this category with great commemorative themes, outstanding design work and magnificent execution.
4) Best Silver Coin:
Bank of Latvia, 5 Euro, Silver, Linden Leaf:
The Linden Leaf Coin won this category because of a unique design, comparing a leaf's veins to a city's roadways. This Coin design continues Latvia's outstanding creativity in coin design.
5) Best Crown Coin:
Monnaie de Paris, 10 Euro, Silver, Champs-Elysees:
This was Monnaie de Paris' second COTY winner for 2022, this coin is from the Series titled "Landmarks of Paris Treasures Series". The coin had wide-spread recognition and strong romantic appeal.
6) Best Circulating Coin:
South African Mint, 2 Rand, Nickel-plated Copper Core, 25 Years, Constitutional Democracy, "Freedom and Security of the Person":
This Coin celebrating 25 Years of Constitutional Democracy pipped several other contenders to the top in this category.
7) Best Bi-Metallic Coin:
Austrian Mint: 25 Euro, Silver-Niobium "Big Data" Coin:
The Austrian Mint locked in another wide-margin win in this bi-metallic Coin Category with their Silver-Niobium "Big Data" Coin. This series has won this category seven times in the last 12 years. This is a considerable achievement in an area that continues to advance as collector interest grows.
8) Most Artistic Coin:
Austrian Mint, 20 Euro, Silver, "Centenary of the Salzberg Festival":
This was a stellar win for this Austrian integated Coin design. In a category ruled by unique personal tastes, this dominant win was an outstanding achievement.
9) Most Innovative Coin:
Barbados (MDM), 5 Dollars, Silver, Enamel Colour, Water Transfer Print, "Blue Marble":
While the Barbados "Blue Marble" Earth Coin is not the first spherical coin ever minted, it is the first to recognise and implement additional artistic qualities to create an appealing coin in a spherical format. This was MDM's first ever COTY coin category winner.
10 Most Inspirational Coin:
Bank of Latvia, 5 Euro, Silver, Black Colour Print, Gold Plating, "Personal Freedom":
Crossing over regional borders and individual perspectives, this coin tapped into a vein of emotion that runs the world over. A seemingly simple design it deftly illustrates the complex considerations of one and all. Individual freedoms and societal responsibilities co-exist and need to balance in order for true freedom to exist.
A virtual ceremony to present the awards to all the 2022 COTY winners is scheduled to be held on 03/2022.
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